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swim  (swm)

v. swam (swm), swum (swm), swim·ming, swims

v.intr.

1. To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail.

2. To move as though gliding through water.

3. To float on water or another liquid.

4.

a. To be covered or flooded with or as if with a liquid: chicken swimming in gravy.

b. To possess a superfluity; abound: After winning the lottery, she was swimming in money.

5. To experience a floating or giddy sensation; be dizzy: "his brain still swimming with the effects of the last night's champagne" Robert Smith Surtees.

6. To appear to spin or reel lazily: The room swam before my eyes.

v.tr.

1. To move through or across (a body of water) by swimming: She swam the channel.

2. To execute (a particular stroke) in swimming.

3. To cause to swim or float.

n.

1.

a. The act of swimming.

b. A period of time spent swimming.

2. A gliding motion.

3. A state of dizziness.

4. An area, as of a river, abounding in fish.

adj.

Of, relating to, or used for swimming: a swim mask.

Idioms:

in the swim

Active in the general current of affairs.

swim against the stream

To move counter to a prevailing trend.

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[Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman.]

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swimma·ble adj.

swimmer n.

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swim

Verb

[swimming, swam, swum]

1. to move along in water by movements of the arms and legs, or (in the case of fish) tail and fins

2. to cover (a stretch of water) in this way: the first person to swim the Atlantic

3. to float on a liquid: flies swimming on the milk

4. to be affected by dizziness: his head was swimming

5. (of the objects in someone's vision) to appear to spin or move around: the faces of the nurses swam around her

6. (often foll. by in, with)to be covered or flooded with liquid: a steak swimming in gravy

Noun

1. the act, an instance, or a period of swimming

2. in the swim Informal fashionable or active in social or political activities [Old English swimman]

swimmer n
swimming n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swim - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool" swimming aquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of water bathe - the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe" skinny-dip - a naked swim plunge, dip - a brief swim in water dive, diving - a headlong plunge into water floating, natation - the act of someone who floats on the water skin diving, skin-dive - underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
Verb	1.	swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" school - swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait" break water, fin - show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface" fin - propel oneself through the water in a finning motion paddle - swim like a dog in shallow water crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl" breaststroke - swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg backstroke - swim on one's back skinny-dip - bathe in the nude; "The young people were skinny-dipping in the pond" dive - swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
	2.	swim - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom float go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" buoy - float on the surface of water
	3.	swim - be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	4.	swim - be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy" drown be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	swim - move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

Translations

swim [swɪm] [pt swam, pp swum] n to go for a swim → ir a nadar or a bañarse vi → nadar; [head, room] → dar vueltas

vt → pasar a nado;

to go swimming → ir a nadar;

to swim a length → nadar or hacer un largo

swim [swɪm] [swam , pt , swum , pp ] [swæm, swʌm] n to go for a swim → aller nager or se baigner vi → nager;

(Sport) → faire de la natation (fig) [head, room] → tourner

vt → traverser (à la nage) [+ distance]; faire (à la nage);

to swim a length → nager une longueur;

to go swimming → aller nager

swim [swɪm] [swam , pt , swum , pp ] vi → schwimmen;

(before one's eyes) → verschwimmen

vt (the Channel etc) → durchschwimmen;

(a length) → schwimmen

n to go for a swim → schwimmen gehen;

to go swimming → schwimmen gehen;

my head is swimming → mir dreht sich der Kopf

swim [swɪm] n to go for a swim → andare a fare una nuotata vb [pt swam, pp swum] [swæm, swʌm]

vi → nuotare;

(SPORT) → fare del nuoto; [head, room] → girare

vt [+ river, channel] → attraversare or percorrere a nuoto;

to go swimming → andare a nuotare;

to swim a length → fare una vasca (a nuoto)

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swim

v swim [swim]

1 to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.swemيَسْبَحплувамplavatsvømmeschwimmenκολυμπώnadarujumaشنا كردنuidanagerלִשׂחוֹתतैराकीplivatiúszikberenangsyndanuotare泳ぐ헤엄치다, 수영하다plauktipeldētberenangzwemmensvømme, dra ut og svømme, badepływaćnadara înotaплавать; плытьplávaťplavatiplivatisimmaว่ายน้ำyüzmek游泳плавати, пливтиتیرناbơi游泳

2 to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).swemيَقْطَع سِباحَةًпреплувам(pře)plavatsvømmeschwimmenκαλύπτω απόσταση κολυμπώνταςnadarujumaبا شنا پيمودنuidanagerלַחֲצוֹת בִּשחִייָהतैर कर पार करनाpreplivati(le-/át)úszikberenangsyndanuotare泳ぐ...을 헤엄쳐 횡단하다, (어떤 거리를) 헤엄치다perplaukti, nuplaukti[]peldēt; nopeldētberenangzwemmensvømmeprzepływać, pływaćnadara înotaпереплывать; плавать(pre)plávaťplavatiplivatisimmaว่ายผ่านyüzmek泅渡плавати; перепливатиتیر کر پار کرناlướt nhanh泅渡

3 to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.draaiيَدور ، يَتَحَرَّك بصورةٍ دائِرِيَّهзамайвам (се)motat sekøre rundtschwimmenδίνω την αίσθηση ότι κινούμαι πάνω κάτω (ως αποτέλεσμα ζάλης)dar vueltaspööritama, virvendamaشناور بودنhuimatatournerלִהיוֹת סְחַרחַרचकराना, घूमनाosjećati vrtoglavicu, vrtjeti seforog vele a világberombak-ombakfljóta; svima, sundlagirareくらくらする(현기증이 나서) 빙빙 도는 것처럼 보이다svaigti, suktispeldēt; reibt; iet raibam gar acīmterasa berpusingduizelensvimle/gå rundt for enwirowaćandar à rodaa se învârtiкружиться; плытьkrútiť savrteti seplutatigå runt, snurra, gungaเวียนศีรษะ(başı) dönmek眩暈паморочитися; крутитисяچکراناtrông như đang quay tít眩晕

n

an act of swimming We went for a swim in the lake.swemسِباحَهплуване(za)plavánísvømmeturdas Schwimmenκολύμπιbañoujumineشناuintinageשְׂחִייָהतैराई, तैराकीplivanjeúszásrenangsundnuotata泳ぎ헤엄치기, 수영(pa)plaukiojimas, pasimaudymaspelde; peldēšanāsberenanghet zwemmensvømming; svømmetur, badpływaniebanhoînotплаваниеplávanie, zaplávanie siplavanjeplivanjesimturการว่ายน้ำyüzme游泳плаванняتیراکیsự bơi lội游泳

n ˈswimmer

a person who swims or who can swim He's a strong swimmer.swemmerسَبّاح، سابِحплувецplavec, -kyněsvømmerder/die Schwimmer(in)κολυμβητήςnadador, bañistaujujaشناگرuimarinageur/-euseשְׂחִייָהतैराक-पैराकplivačúszóperenangsundmaðurnuotatore, nuotatrice泳ぎ手헤엄치는 사람; 수영 선수plaukikaspeldētājsperenangzwemmersvømmerpływaknadadorînotătorпловецplavec, -kyňaplavalecplivačsimmareการว่ายน้ำyüzücü遊泳者плавецьتیرنے والاngười bơi游泳者

adj ˈswimming

covered with, or floating in, a liquid meat swimming in/with grease.dryfسابِحٌ في، عائِمплуващplujícídækket af; flyde rundt ischwimmendπου κολυμπάειnadando, flotandoülevalatud, ujuvشناورuivabaignant, nageant (dans)שְׂחִייָהतैराई, चक्कर, घुमड़ीkoji pliva, koji ploviúszómengapungsyndandi/fljótandi í(che nuota)いっぱいついた떠 있는, 부유성의plaukiojantis, paplūdęspeldošs; (kādā) šķidrumā esošs; ar šķidru piedevudilumuridrijvenddekket av; flytende ipływającya nadar emcare înoată, înotând (în)плавающийplávajúciplavajočnatopljenflytande, simmandeท่วมล้นyüzen; ... ile kaplı充溢的такий, що плаває; залитийتیراکیsự bơi充溢的

nouns ˈswimming-bath, *ˈswimming-pool

an indoor or outdoor pool for swimming in. swembadحَمّام سِباحَه، بِرْكَة سِباحَهбасейнbazénsvømmehal; svømmebassindas Schwimmbad, ...backenπισίναpiscinabasseinاستخرuima-allaspiscineבְּרֵיכַת שְׂחִייָהतैरनाzatvoreni bazen za plivanjeuszodakolam renangsundlaugpiscina水泳プール수영장, 풀장baseinaspeldbaseinskolam renangzwembadsvømmebasseng/-hallpływalniapiscinapiscinăплавательный бассейнbazénplavalni bazenbazenbassäng, swimmingpoolสระว่ายน้ำyüzme havuzu游泳池басейн для плаванняتیرنے کا تالابbể bơi游泳池

n pl ˈswimming-trunks

short pants worn by boys and men for swimming. swembroekبَنْطَلون سِباحَه قَصير رِجّاليшорти за плуванеplavkybadebukserdie Badehoseανδρικό μαγιόbañador (de hombre), pantalón de bañoujumispüksidمايو مردانهuimahousutmaillot de bainבֶּגֶד-יָםतैराकी वस्त्रkupaće gaćiceúszónadrágcelana renangsundbuxurcostume da bagno (da uomo)水泳パンツ(남자용) 수영복［팬츠］glaudėspeldbiksesseluar mandizwembroekbadebuksekąpielówkicalçOes de banhoslipплавкиplavkykopalne hlačkekupaće gaćicebadbyxorกางเกงว่ายน้ำşort, mayo遊泳褲плавкиتیرنے کے لیے پہنے جانے والے چھوٹے پتلونquần bơi của nam giới游泳裤

nouns ˈswimsuit, *ˈswimming-costume

a (woman's) garment worn for swimming. swemklereثَوْب سِباحَه نِسائي، مايوهбанскиplavkybadedragtder Badeanzugγυναικείο μαγιόtraje de baño, bañadorujumis-trikooمايو زنانهuimapukumaillot de bainבֶּגֶד-יָםतैरने की पोशाकkupaći kostimfürdőruhapakaian renangsundbolurcostume da bagno (da donna)水着(여자용) 수영복maudymosi kostiumaspeldkostīmsbaju mandizwempakbadedraktkostium kąpielowyfato de banhocostum de baieкупальникplavkykopalkekupaći kostimbaddräktชุดว่ายน้ำmayo(女)遊泳衣купальникتیراکی کا لباسquần áo bơi liền mảnh của phụ nữ（女）游泳衣